Glitches

When you take the time to make a plan, you want things to go off without a hitch. I tend to think of myself as pretty adaptable most of the time, but I do like new plans to go according to plan for at least a little while. So I had my writing priority list all set, and one of the sites I write for went partially down. Writers could not log in, although the rest of the site was still up. Nothing like that has ever happened on that site before, and it threw me off. I had to give up a small job, only a few dollars, but still. I don't like to do that.

Technically, I could've moved onto my next to do list thing, but I was thrown out of whack. I also got a couple revision requests in the middle of the fiasco, and my sister had stopped by. The whole thing sent my concentration way off and it felt like someone was playing pinball in my head. Oh, and the cat had one of her whiny demanding spells. Old lady cat.

And so I took a nap. The sun is down now. It's much cooler and quieter in the world, or at least my world. I'm rested and fresh ready for a couple hours of productivity before I go back to sleep for real.

Of course, glitches happen at traditional jobs too. Systems go down. Workers twirl in their cubicles, visit a little more, try and figure out how they are going to catch up and meet their quotas or maybe just make note of the glitch, and remind the boss come review time that the whole thing was out of their control.

So it remains to be seen how much I can make up. That same site has scheduled maintenance tonight. I've copied my assignment directions, so I should be able to get things set up for when systems are a-go later on.

I can't help thinking that the glitches today was a sign that I needed a bit of a break anyway -- I was dragging the last couple days. Today was Monday, Get Down to Business Day-- and I really wasn't into it, which goes to show this freelancing thing really is a "real job" after all.